Malaysian Airlines Flight Down in Ukraine

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.</p>— Malaysia Airlines (@MAS) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAS/statuses/489795857101750272">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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To be clear, this is a NEW crashed plane and not the missing one, yes?
 

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That's so horrible. You know not making it back to ground alive was in the back of every one of those passenger's head.
 

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Damn.... how in the hell do you shoot down a civilian aircraft that's taking a common flight path?

Someone fucked up, or someone's looking for an excuse to start some shit.
 

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Hope this is a bluff or inaccurate:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Russian rebel leader Strelkov confirms separatists shot down MA plane. 'We warned them not to fly over our skies. No civilians were killed'</p>— Joost Bosman (@Joosje) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joosje/statuses/489798698818629632">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Do some terrorists have a serious vendetta against Malaysia Airlines? Not joking.
 

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Hope this is a bluff or inaccurate:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Russian rebel leader Strelkov confirms separatists shot down MA plane. 'We warned them not to fly over our skies. No civilians were killed'</p>— Joost Bosman (@Joosje) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joosje/statuses/489798698818629632">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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If true, they just completed fuqed their separatist movement. Even Russia will have a hard time supporting them.
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>BREAKING: Ukraine president: `Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take action against any airborne targets'</p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489805697996300289">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MORE: The region has seen severe fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatist rebels in recent days: <a href="http://t.co/cHAT5g93D9">http://t.co/cHAT5g93D9</a></p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489802096443932673">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Jesus Christ. First headline I read was "Commercial Airline Down in Europe". My gf is literally on a flight from Venice to Philly right now. I almost lost it.
 

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Jesus Christ. First headline I read was "Commercial Airline Down in Europe". My gf is literally on a flight from Venice to Philly right now. I almost lost it.

Yeah my uncle is on the way to JFK from Greece so I panicked a little too.
 

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Hope this is a bluff or inaccurate:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Russian rebel leader Strelkov confirms separatists shot down MA plane. 'We warned them not to fly over our skies. No civilians were killed'</p>— Joost Bosman (@Joosje) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joosje/statuses/489798698818629632">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Why is he saying no civilians were killed?
 

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Why is he saying no civilians were killed?

In his view, they were all willing participants in the "war" because they'd been warned. I haven't seen these quotes confirmed by any English sources though. He has been an extreme hardliner in the news this week though.
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MORE: A launcher similar to the Buk missile system was seen by AP journalists near an eastern Ukrainian town: <a href="http://t.co/GQDS6BjQkX">http://t.co/GQDS6BjQkX</a></p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489810518505717761">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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My first reaction was now there is no way Russia can support this movement. Then I later wondered how they got these surface to air missiles
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MORE: The deputy prime minister for the rebels says Ukrainian government troops must have shot down the plane: <a href="http://t.co/20yvE6J4pi">http://t.co/20yvE6J4pi</a></p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489814321879597057">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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CNN is discussing how it could have been Russian forces without Kremlin authorization since the military is largely decentralized.
 
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